The service was Feb. 4 at 11 a.m. at the St. Paul Baptist Church in McIntosh with Rev. Craig Westry officiating. Burial was in the Vaughn Cemetery in McIntosh. Andrews Funeral Home of Jackson directed.

He was born Sept. 19, 1941. He was a retired school teacher of Mobile County Public School System. He was a member of the Alabama Retired Teachers Association and the Alabama and National Education Association, 330 Mason Oriental Consistory #17 and dedicated life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.